The Planner · For paid dinners
The dinner party planner that knows what a seat costs.
Price a ticketed dinner with confidence: food, bar, overhead, and your time, counted to the cent so the night pays you back. You cook; the Planner does the math.
- No subscription
- Pay once
- Free to try
See the number before you cook
Answer a few questions. Get your price.
The Planner turns your menu, guests, and hours into one proposed ticket price, plus the numbers under it: break-even, food-cost, margin, and what a seat has to clear.
The honest number
The moment you price your own hours in, the math changes.
Most seats are priced on food alone. Count overhead, kit, and your time, and you see what the night really costs, plus the price that covers it.
Standard, your way
Same engine. Your call on how you run it.
The costing math is identical in both. Pick the web app if you want it live and connected, or the Google Sheet if you want to own it outright and work offline.
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The web app
The full Planner online. It runs the math, catches the mistakes a sheet can't, and remembers every recipe across your devices.
- Live math, mistakes caught as you type
- Recipe + pantry library, saved across devices
- Improvements land automatically
- Publish your event to Tenseats when you're ready
Free to start on the Express tier. No card to try.
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The Google Sheet
The same engine, in a Google Sheet you own. It works offline, needs no account, and travels wherever you cook.
- The identical costing math, to the cent
- No account, no login, works fully offline
- Your own copy, delivered to your inbox
- Nothing to cancel, nothing that renews
Secure checkout by Stripe. Delivered to your email.
Not ready to buy? Start free with the Express web app, it costs nothing.
What's the difference
The math is the same. The reach isn't.
The same math, in a sheet you own
A workbook, not a black box.
Every recipe, every pantry item, every price, laid out in tabs you can read and change. Buy your ingredients, tick the dishes, and the four prices update themselves, right down to the shopping list.
Get the Google Sheet for $47Sourced, not guessed
Every number traces back to a primary source.
Yields, densities, food-cost ranges, fee math. We checked the Planner against the textbooks and the people who cook for a living, then wrote it down with worked examples in The Numbers Behind the Plate, free to read.
Good questions
Before you decide.
Is this a subscription?
No. Both editions are a single one-time price. Nothing to cancel, nothing that renews.
What's the real difference between the app and the sheet?
The costing math is identical. The web app keeps it live and connected, saves across your devices, and catches mistakes. The sheet is yours to own outright, works offline, and needs no account.
Do I need a Google account for the sheet?
You need one to run the buttons in your copy, the same one-time approval any Google Sheet asks for. Nothing is sent back to Tenseats.
Can I buy both?
You can, and some people will, the app to plan on the couch, the sheet to price in a kitchen with no signal. But most people are happy with one.
What if it isn't for me?
Try the free tiers first, so you know exactly what you're getting before you pay.
Price your next night like you mean it.
Two editions, one price each, the same math either way. Start free and upgrade when it's earning its keep.